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Jonathan D. Salant, an award-winning political and investigative reporter, is the Washington correspondent for NJ Advance Media, serving nj.com and The Star-Ledger. He has worked for Bloomberg News, The Associated Press, Newhouse News Service and the Syracuse Herald-Journal and The Post-Standard, among other publications. He is a winner of the Dirksen Award for Distinguished Reporting of Congress and the Lee Walczak Award for Political Analysis, and a finalist for ...

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WASHINGTON -- Gov. Chris Christie trails eight other Republicans in the race for the 2016 presidential nomination in a poll released Sunday that says more than four in 10 members of his party won't consider voting for him in the primaries The CBS News poll said 27 percent of Republicans would consider backing Christie for the nomination, while 42 percent said they wouldn't, statistically unchanged from February's survey.

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WASHINGTON - The future of legislation that would ban online gambling in New Jersey and the two other states that allow it may depend on whether proponents can assure lawmakers that technology can keep out-of-state bettors and children away from the virtual casinos.

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WASHINGTON - Legislation in Congress threatens to end New Jersey's online gambling operations. A House Judiciary subcommittee today is scheduled to hold hearings on a bill that reverses a 2013 Justice Department ruling that gave states the right to offer Internet gambling to their residents. New Jersey, Nevada and Delaware took advantage of the opportunity.

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WASHINGTON - Before serving in Congress, before serving in the New Jersey General Assembly, Rep. Leonard Lance served as a counsel to Gov. Tom Kean. The former Republican governor turns 80 on April 21, and his former assistant counsel for county and municipal matters took to the U.S.

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WASHINGTON - Win $1,200 at a slot machine and the action stops until the casino gathers your name, address and Social Security number for the Internal Revenue Service to guarantee you'll pay taxes on that money.

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WASHINGTON - New Jersey residents have lost $661,738 to scammers claiming to represent the Internal Revenue Service and demanding immediate payment of alleged back taxes. That's the seventh-highest total among the 50 states since the scam first came to the attention of the government in October 2013, according to the Treasury Department's inspector general for tax administration.

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WASHINGTON - Leonard Lance, sex symbol? Donald Payne Jr., fashion titan? The two New Jersey congressmen found themselves part of Jimmy Fallon's monologue Friday on NBC's "Tonight Show," as he mulled successors to Rep. Aaron Schock, the Illinois Republican lawmaker who once appeared shirtless for GQ and had 285,000 Twitter followers.

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WASHINGTON - The Federal Emergency Management Agency will negotiate directly with Hurricane Sandy homeowners to settle their insurance claims out of court, moving closer to resolving disputes over how much they will receive in compensation. FEMA announced that it has developed a written agreement that sets parameters for settling the 2,200 lawsuits.

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WASHINGTON - From his perch as the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez has led congressional efforts to penalize Russia for its invasion and annexation of Crimea in the Ukraine. Today, the administration of Russian President Vladimir Putin responded, imposing new sanctions on Menendez (D-N.J.)

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WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Cory Booker, saying he's "hitting the ground running," teamed with colleagues like Minority Leader Harry Reid and Sen. Elizabeth Warren to introduce six bills in the last two days on topics such as refinancing student loans and allowing those released from prison to vote in federal elections.